Transplanted terminally differentiated induced pluripotent stem cells are accepted by immune mechanisms similar to self-tolerance

Item Type:	Article
Title:	Transplanted terminally differentiated induced pluripotent stem cells are accepted by immune mechanisms similar to self-tolerance
Creators Name:	de Almeida, P.E. and Meyer, E.H. and Kooreman, N.G. and Diecke, S. and Dey, D. and Sanchez-Freire, V. and Hu, S. and Ebert, A. and Odegaard, J. and Mordwinkin, N.M. and Brouwer, T.P. and Lo, D. and Montoro, D.T. and Longaker, M.T. and Negrin, R.S. and Wu, J.C.
Abstract:	The exact nature of the immune response elicited by autologous-induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) progeny is still not well understood. Here we show in murine models that autologous iPSC-derived endothelial cells (iECs) elicit an immune response that resembles the one against a comparable somatic cell, the aortic endothelial cell (AEC). These cells exhibit long-term survival in vivo and prompt a tolerogenic immune response characterized by elevated IL-10 expression. In contrast, undifferentiated iPSCs elicit a very different immune response with high lymphocytic infiltration and elevated IFN-γ, granzyme-B and perforin intragraft. Furthermore, the clonal structure of infiltrating T cells from iEC grafts is statistically indistinguishable from that of AECs, but is different from that of undifferentiated iPSC grafts. Taken together, our results indicate that the differentiation of iPSCs results in a loss of immunogenicity and leads to the induction of tolerance, despite expected antigen expression differences between iPSC-derived versus original somatic cells.
Keywords:	Immune Tolerance, Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells, Animals, Mice
Source:	Nature Communications
ISSN:	2041-1723
Publisher:	Nature Publishing Group
Volume:	5
Page Range:	3903
Date:	30 May 2014
Official Publication:	https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms4903
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